Birthday Sprinkle Cookies

It’s our middle daughter Eden’s 6th birthday in a couple days, and I wanted her to be able to bring some treats into her class. I thought a cheerful, funfetti-like cookie would work well for my sparkly girl, and these came out perfect! The dough of this recipe makes the best sugar cookie. It’s the right amount of sweet and perfectly chewy. I especially like that there is no chilling time involved. To be honest, that’s my least favorite part of baking- all the rules! But this one comes together in a flash, and the final result is so happy and delicious. You can substitute the sanding sugar with sugar in the raw, and use any sprinkles that will make you smile the biggest! Enjoy!

BIRTHDAY SPRINKLE COOKIES
Yields 24 cookies. Bake time 10 minutes

Ingredients:
1 cup room temperature butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 egg
1 T vanilla paste
2 ½ cups flour
½ t baking soda
1 t salt
Sanding sugar
2 T plus additional large sprinkles

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
1.) Cream together the room temperature butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla paste (vanilla extract is fine too, but paste is the optimal way to go! Buy some here. It’ll change your baking game.)
2.) Slowly sift in the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix until it just comes together.
3.) Stir in the sprinkles with a wooden spoon or spatula.
Use a cookie scoop to scoop out 1” cookies. Dust the tops of the cookie balls in sanding sugar, then top with a couple additional sprinkles. Bake for 10 minutes until puffy and slightly golden. Allow them to cool for a few minutes before eating.